SP Specific Gravity

Specific Gravity Cups

Quickly determine specific gravity or weight per gallon
Use these precision-made stainless steel cups with your laboratory balance to determine
specific gravity or pounds per gallon. Simply tare balance to cup weight, then weigh cup filled
with sample. Order cups for U.S. Standard or British Standard determinations. All cups meet
MIL STD 45662A and are NIST-traceable; full-size cups are available with calibration certificates.
Cups with tare weights let you use your pan balance for specific gravity measurements. Tare
weights are adjusted to within ±0.2 grams of cup weight (0.1 gram for 8.32-mL cups).

NIST Dimensions Cup only Cup and tare weight

Use Capacity Volume Weight
certificate (H mm x Catalog Catalog
Cup and for
included
(mL) tolerance (with water)
OD mm) Price Price
number number
tare weight
No ±1.2% 47 g 26.5 x 25.4 R-38000-00 R-38000-02
38000-12
U.S. No 8.32 ±1.0% 47 g 25 x 32 R-08711-92 — —
Yes ±1.2% 47 g 26.5 x 25.4 R-38000-04 R-38000-06
No ±0.5% 213 g 63.5 x 44.5 R-38000-10 R-38000-12
GO to ColeParmer.com U.S. No
Yes
83.2 ±0.5%
±0.5%
213 g
213 g
38 x 76
63.5 x 44.5
R-08711-90
R-38000-14
—
R-38000-16
—

• Quick, convenient online ordering No 100 ±0.5% 243 g 78.3 x 44.5 R-38000-20 R-38000-22
British
• Track Web and non-Web orders Yes 100 ±0.5% 243 g 78.3 x 44.5 R-38000-24 R-38000-26
in real time
Pycnometer
Determine specific gravity of semifluids
This aluminum-alloy pycnometer is designed to withstand pressure necessary to force air from
viscous material and cause it to completely fill pycnometer shell. Each piece of the instrument is
cut from solid bar stock to ensure an absence of pits or cavities. Close manufacturing tolerances
ensure test material will not be forced into threads. To use, tare balance to pycnometer weight,
then fill pycnometer with test material and cover container with lid. Screwing down lid forces
excess material out through a 1⁄8" (3.2 mm) hole. Reweigh filled pycnometer and determine
density by weighing pycnometer filled with water and computing the difference.
38001-00
Catalog number Capacity Dimensions Price
R-38001-00 11.5 mL 1"H x 2" dia

Gay-Lussac Bottles Catalog

number
Capacity
(mL)
Dimensions
H x dia (mm)
Price

Conveniently determine the density Unadjusted bottles

of ingredients and products R-34579-20 2 32 x 17
34580-43 R-34579-26 10 48 x 31
Gay-Lussac bottles have ground-in, perforated Adjusted bottles (ASTM Test Reference D-369)
glass stoppers with outer ground-on cap to
R-34580-40 2 32 x 17
reduce evaporation. Choose from unadjusted R-34580-41 5 39 x 19
and adjusted models. Unadjusted models must R-34580-42 10 49 x 31
be calibrated with water before use. Adjusted R-34580-43 25 62 x 39
bottles are calibrated to ASTM Test Reference R-34580-44 50 71 x 48
D-369—just fill with sample and weigh. R-34580-45 100 86 x 58

Density Determination Kit

Density kit for analytical balances
Use with the buoyancy technique, displacement principle, or pycnometer method to determine
density of solid, powder, or liquid samples. Kit includes weighing pans and plummets to easily
25751-00 adapt to your application. Sample holders let you measure in air or in a medium causing buoyancy.
Special design prevents air bubbles from adhering so results won’t be distorted. Specially shaped
sieve lets you completely immerse your sample to weigh a substance with a density less than that
of the liquid causing buoyancy. Compatible with balances with different readability ranges—simply
exchange the pan adapter. Use with most Sartorius analytical balances.
What’s included: two beakers (76 and 55 mm), bar frame, thermometer with retainer clip, glass
plummet, sieve for immersing samples, sample holder, metal platform, gasket for ME models,
and three adapters.

Catalog number Description Price

R-25751-00 Density determination kit

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